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Aviation Security: Risk, Experience, and Customer Concerns Drive Changes to Airline Passenger Screening Procedures, but Evaluation and Documentation of Proposed Changes Could Be Improved GAO-07-634, April 16, 2007 Global Health: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria Has Improved Its Documentation of Funding Decisions but Needs Standardized Oversight Expectations and Assessments GAO-07-627, May 7, …
From the Official Google Blog, May 7, 2007: “There’s barely enough time to join an earnings call if you are combing through all the latest news and quarterly statements. Today, we’re adding content on these events content so you never have to miss an earnings call again. You can view earnings calls, analyst meetings, and …
Tool Kit For State and Local Governments (new chapters 05/07/07): “On December 5, 2006, February 27, 2007, and May 7, 2007, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice issued installments of a new technical assistance document designed to assist state and local officials to improve compliance with Title II of the Americans …
Follow up to May 5, 2007 posting, Missing TSA Hard Drive Has Data on 100,000 Employees, this additional update from the TSA: “Today the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced a benefit package to provide employees and former employees affected by the data security incident with free credit monitoring for up-to one year. In addition to …
Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security, Updated April 27, 2007 U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians, Updated April 27, 2007 Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses, Updated April 25, 2007 China’s Anti-Satellite Weapon Test, April 23, 2007 The Proposed South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA), Updated April 23, 2007 Pakistan: Significant Recent Events, April 9, …
DNA Forensics: Expanding Uses and Information Sharing, September 2006 – “This report explores the history of DNA use by forensic investigators, considers the economics of DNA use as it relates to public safety, and reviews privacy concerns regarding the release of an individual’s genetic information. The report also explores issues associated with combining criminal history …
Press release, May 6, 2007: “The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for the state of Kansas to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding beginning on May 4, …
Press release: “Fully 85% of American adults use the internet or cell phones and most use both. Many also have broadband connections, digital cameras and video game systems. Yet the proportion of adults who exploit the connectivity, the capacity for self expression, and the interactivity of modern information technology is a modest 8%.” Related …
Kai Ryssdal, Marketplace: “The World Health Organization said [May 4] it’s going to provide online one-stop shopping for information on clinical drug trials. Doctors, researchers and curious patients now have access to the results of 50,000 clinical trials in the U.S., Britain and Australia. It’s a big deal because, as it stands now, a lot …
D-2007-091 Memorandum Report on Assessment of Defense Accounts Payable Compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (May 7, 2007) (1MB) (Project D2006-D000FD-0100.000) – PDF D-2007-090 Managing Prepositioned Munitions in the U.S. European Command (May 3, 2007) (1MB) (Project D2006-D000LA-0251.000) – PDF and Summary
Special Report – CEO Compensation: “The chief executives of America’s 500 biggest companies got a collective 38% pay raise last year, to $7.5 billion. That’s an average $15.2 million apiece. Exercised stock options again account for the main component of pay, 48%. The average stock gain was $7.3 million. The highest-paid boss of the 500 …